KILOCK, IRELAND — When the filmmaking legend John Huston wrote his autobiography “An Open Book,” he described renting a country house in 1953 called Courtown, near Kilcock in County Kildare.

“Courtown was a big house, located on some 300 acres of very productive land, and staffed by a fine group of servants, several of whom came to work for me after the place was sold some years later,” Huston wrote. “It wa… (View original article)

‘They say that Prague is a baroque city, and Brno is a modernist one,’ says Czech architect Iveta ÄŒerná. Indeed the evidence is everywhere in the Moravian capital. In the first decades of the 20th century, culture, commerce and industry were in harmony in the city. This helped create its remarkable collection of early modernist buildings, which includes work by local functionalists Bohuslav Fuchs and Ernst Wiesner. Without a doubt, though, the city&rsqu… (View original article)

This mountaintop style waterfront mansion is located at 2500 W Lake Boulevard in Tahoe City, CA and is situated on 3.3 acres. It was last on the market for $24 million and has now been re-listed. Built in 2001, the stone and wood home offers 12,255 square feet of living space with 5 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, double height dining room with beamed ceiling, spacious 2-story living room with beamed ceiling and faux painted walls, gourmet kitchen, wine cellar, stone patio with hot tub, 4-car garag… (View original article)

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Location: Bainbridge Island, Wash.

Price: $12,800,000

The Skinny: This sizable estate on Washington’s Bainbridge Island, a ferry ride away from Seattle, looks more like something you might find in the highlands of Asia, and that’s no accident. Designed by the architecture firm Miller Hull, the 10,500-square-foot mansion is “feng shui compliant” — unlike a certain billion-dollar home in India — and was bui… (View original article)

Peyton Manning To Live In Mike Shanahan’s 35,000 Square Foot Denver Mansion

The Associated Press is reporting that Denver Bronco’s QB Peyton Manning will be temporarily living in their former head coach’s 35,000 square foot Denver mansion until he finds an official home.

Mike Shanahan coached the Denver Broncos from 1995-2008 when during that time Bronco’s owner Pat Bowlen deemed Shanahan his “coach for li… (View original article)

Versace’s former South Beach mansion for sale: $125 million

By Michael Martinez, CNN

June 9, 2012 — Updated 2043 GMT (0443 HKT)

The Miami Beach residence once owned by slain fashion designer Gianni Versace is up for sale.

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A South Beach mansion once owned by Versace has a “for sale” sign
Fashioner designer Gianni Versace was fatally shot on his door step in 1997
Spree killer Andrew Cunanan, susp… (View original article)